Thank God for a good day (s) in Portland, Oregon November 29-30th, 2018 Denver Nuggets vs Portland Trailblazers

Hola peeps! I decided to get free from work and take a quick trip to Trailblazer nation- Portland, Oregon! Let's get started!

November 29th, 2018

I arrived here in Portland during the late evening. I did a 3 day night shift and as you guess, I was super tired by the time I got to my hotel which was in Hayden Island. Holiday Inn Express and suites was my hotel. It has a nice location and it's a good hotel with friendly staff.

 

November 30, 2018

 

Free breakfast all you can eat in the hotel!

Treehouse

Ecobaby Gear

 

Hk Cafe

I traveled to Southeast Portland side to buy gifts for my nephew and eat! Large Asian population in the southeast side. I had a craving for dim sum anyway. Pretty good dim sum.

It was early afternoon so I decided to go back into town and hike (was also a rainy day for the most part):

Lower Macleay trail/Wildwood trail

 

 

 

 

Witch's Castle

 

 This was an attempted hike to the Pittock mansion. I was unable to finish the hike. Roughly about close to 3 hrs I still did not finish and I had to head back into town so I could pick my friend Gary up and watch the Trailblazers game; Portland traffic is horrendous during late afternoon. Nice hike still though I felt awkward in how the trail progresses. Sometimes you go left, then right, then down, and up. I can't really explain it but it did feel uneven at times.


*Update: 2/17/20 Just found out the remains of that house is none other than Witch's castle. *


Denver Nuggets vs Portland Trailblazers

 

 

 

 

We were late as the first quarter was nearly ending. Portland had to rally towards the end only to lose by one point. This was a nice experience but this is the 2nd time I've seen a Trailblazers game only to see them lose (again). I can't wait to see a game where they win. Next time I guess. Anyhow, that ended my adventure for the day. See you next time and Jesus loves you.

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 25th anniversary theatrical re-release quickie!

 

Movie was viewed on November 12, 2018 in Regal Cinemas Dole Cannery. There were 14 slides of facts and trivia before the movie started. Here are a two slides I putted up plus a shot I took of the movie. 








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I decided to just view this on the big screen since I never did. A good movie still to this very date. But I'll get to the theater experience right now:

-Suffers the same picture and sound quality like Transformers the movie re-release. Picture is grainy and was probably the dvd release rather then the blu-ray remaster. The sound was very low quality as well. The awe-inspiring church choir parts (the intro, Birth of Batman, Joker's fate, and ending theme) were very underwhelming.

- Not the movie's fault but the theater had only 15 people and it was shown in a very big screen. My Transformers movie showing was in a smaller screen but 85% filled. There are two showings of MOTP in my area: I have a feeling the 7pm showing will be more packed. Probably would had been a better experience.

- Because the movie was shown in 1.85:1 aspect ratio, the matte lines (black bars) on the side were annoying at times. To simply put it, it felt like I was watching full-screen or the theater I was in didn't utilize the entire screen. 

There you have it folks. Just a few complaints here and there in an otherwise outstanding film. Later folks and Jesus bless.

Wiliwilinui 2018!

Thank you Gary for this pic

At long last, the sister hikes are finally completed! I tamed Kuliouou and Hawaii Loa last year. Finally the circle is now complete as Wiliwilinui has been thrown into the fray. Let's get started!

*Hike was done on the 6th of November*

 

Rained the previous day so the hike was pretty muddy and slippery. I hiked with Gary who was visiting from Washington state. I slipped quite a bit on this trail. Lots of stairs 3/4's toward the end. I personally feel there was more stairs on this hike in comparison to the other sister hikes. The trail being muddy, wet, and slippery didn't help either. Some area will have ropes for you to climb up or down.

The summit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The summit gets smaller and smaller if you go from Kuliouou > Hawaii Loa > Wiliwilinui in that order; bigger vice versa. Sky was pretty overcast so you had to wait a bit for the clouds to clear just to get some nice views. By the time you hit the communications tower the summit is just nearby. Anyhow, thank God I survived that hike. Had pizza at Pieology afterwards. It's actually a pretty long hike overall. Anyhow, take care folks and go with Jesus.

Kuliouou hike: https://iamterenceho.blogspot.com/2017/05/thank-jesus-for-good-day-in-oahu-5417.html

Hawaii Loa: https://iamterenceho.blogspot.com/2017/06/thank-you-jesus-for-good-day-in-oahu.html